What next ? Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Melbourne , is offering the above matched pair of mid-19th century , mahogany-cased , terrestrial and celestial pocket globes for $25,000. The terrestrial one , on the right , was a gift to "G. Phillips" from his "affectionate mother ", October l855 .
It has significant detail of the Antarctic, such as the circumnavigation by Captain John Biscoe and the second and third voyages of Captain James Cook ,including his death on Owyhee (Hawaii ). Each globe is three inches in diameter .
